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Pratt's Brook Park reviews
8
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Welcome to Disc Golf! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 22, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
+ Short nine that makes good use of the park's natural features (elevation changes, trees)
+ Pratt's Brook can serve as a great transition for newer players. There are obstacles on most holes, and they'll learn about throwing slight uphill and downhill on holes that vary from 200' to 300'. The pars are way too soft for anyone except beginners. If you're experienced, the course makes for a good place to practice your mids and approaches
+ Pratt's Brook can serve as a great transition for newer players. There are obstacles on most holes, and they'll learn about throwing slight uphill and downhill on holes that vary from 200' to 300'. The pars are way too soft for anyone except beginners. If you're experienced, the course makes for a good place to practice your mids and approaches
Cons:
- The layout is on too small a footprint in the park: 8 of the 9 holes criss cross one another, creating serious risk if there are others playing
Other Thoughts:
~ Practice basket and sign board; loop starts and ends at the parking lot, signs are good (even though they're just paper in plastic sleeves, decent DGA baskets, dirt teeing areas
~ uDisc is helpful, especially on the first tee. The most visible baskets are #9 in front of you and #2 in the distance. The basket for #1 is actually in the trees on the right.
~ Pratt's Brook reminded me of the many neighborhood parks when I first started, providing that first experience of playing a "course" and the thrill of "having to throw around that tree!" This is the kind of course you grow out of pretty quickly, but it serves its purpose of introducing new players to the game and feeding their hunger to find other challenges. This was a bagging stop for me while driving across Maine. I was the only person in the park, I enjoyed going 5 down on the silly pars, so it made for a very pleasant 25 minute rest stop
~ uDisc is helpful, especially on the first tee. The most visible baskets are #9 in front of you and #2 in the distance. The basket for #1 is actually in the trees on the right.
~ Pratt's Brook reminded me of the many neighborhood parks when I first started, providing that first experience of playing a "course" and the thrill of "having to throw around that tree!" This is the kind of course you grow out of pretty quickly, but it serves its purpose of introducing new players to the game and feeding their hunger to find other challenges. This was a bagging stop for me while driving across Maine. I was the only person in the park, I enjoyed going 5 down on the silly pars, so it made for a very pleasant 25 minute rest stop
7
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2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 31, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
The course is nicely taken care of. It was freshly mowed, and the mower obviously understood the course, as a few tee pads that were tucked away were mowed out.
Elevation is used nicely with gentle uphill and downhill shots.
The trees here feel like they were shaped for disc golf fairways, and most of the holes feature some type of tunnel shot. Hole 5 is the most scenic of these, with tunnel forcing a low, downhill shot, although there is spike hyzer route over the top for people with over 300 feet of power).
Holes are mostly in the 200-275 range. Navigation was pretty easy. Tee signs were simple but showed the contours well enough.
Elevation is used nicely with gentle uphill and downhill shots.
The trees here feel like they were shaped for disc golf fairways, and most of the holes feature some type of tunnel shot. Hole 5 is the most scenic of these, with tunnel forcing a low, downhill shot, although there is spike hyzer route over the top for people with over 300 feet of power).
Holes are mostly in the 200-275 range. Navigation was pretty easy. Tee signs were simple but showed the contours well enough.
Cons:
The fairways are lined with tall pines, and often thick brush is just off the fairways. I can't see playing here frequently and not ending up with a disc caught up in a tree. I lost a disc on hole 3. I saw right where it went and never found it.
The tee pads are natural and aren't even outlined with wood or anything.
The tee pads are natural and aren't even outlined with wood or anything.
Other Thoughts:
I wouldn't mind having this sort of course in my neck of the woods. It's a nice public course that is worth visiting if you're around. But given the wealth of great courses in the greater Portland area, I wouldn't go far out of your way. I had a little gas left in the tank after a full day at Sabattus and was glad to visit here to finish off the day.
